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Frey, William H, and others. America by the Numbers: A Field Guide to the U.S. Population. New Press, 2001. Revealing guide to the myths and realities of American demographics.

Gilbert, Geoffrey. World Population: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO, 2001. Useful reference to current issues. Ideal for high school readers.

Hohm, Charles F., and others, eds. Population. Gale, 2000. Addresses and debates issues concerning world population and its effects on the environment.

Livi-Bacci, Massimo. Trans. Carl Ipsen. A Concise History of World Population. Blackwell, 2001. Describes and explains the history of human population.

Malthus, Thomas. Ed. Geoffrey Gilbret. An Essay on the Principle of Population. Oxford University Press, 1993. This classic treatise presents poverty as the result of the population increasing faster than the world's resources; first published in 1798.

Rohe, John F. A Bicentennial Malthusian Essay: Conservation, Population, and the Indifference to Limits. Rhodes & Easton, 1997. Presents in today's context the themes Malthus sounded 200 years ago.

Teitelbaum, Michael S., and J. M. Winter. A Question of Numbers: High Migration, Low Fertility, and the Politics of National Identity. Hill & Wang, 1998. Problems stemming from population decline.

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